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Africa 
Serengeti & Masai Mara
Tanzania · Kenya★ 4.9
The Great Migration and big-cat country across two of Africa’s legendary parks.
Best forBig cats
SeeMigration
SeasonJul–Oct
Big game, whale season and the best birding on earth, ranked, with what you’ll see and when to go.
Nothing beats seeing it in the wild. We ranked the planet’s great wildlife destinations by the encounter, with what you’ll see and the season to see it.
Africa The Great Migration and big-cat country across two of Africa’s legendary parks.
Americas Fearless tortoises, iguanas and boobies, the islands that taught us evolution.
Africa Mokoro safaris through a flooded wilderness of elephants, lions and birdlife.
South America The world’s best place to reliably see wild jaguars along the rivers.
Asia Orangutans, pygmy elephants and proboscis monkeys along the Kinabatangan.
Americas Polar bears on the autumn tundra and beluga whales in the summer bay.
Africa The accessible Big Five classic, self-drive or guided, on a budget or in style.
Asia Bengal tigers prowling among the ruins of an ancient hilltop fort.
Polar Vast penguin colonies, breaching whales and ice at the bottom of the world.
Americas World-class whale-watching with humpbacks, orcas and rafts of sea otters.
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